Thursday, September 29, 2016

Prepper: I will Survive – When Civilisation Collapses, will you be Ready?

I will Survive – When Civilisation Collapses, will you be Ready?

AFTER “the Crunch”—the total collapse of the global economy—trade
seized up, the power grid shut down and paper money became worthless.
Riots gutted city centres. Looters picked them clean. Americans went
back to growing their own food and bartering with their neighbours.
Those who had failed to stockpile beans and bullets were soon hungry and
defenceless. The “Great Die-Off” hit Florida especially hard. Millions
of suntanned retirees died of starvation or chronic diseases after the
government stopped paying for their pensions and pills.

Jake and Janelle Altmiller survived. They were practical people, who
knew how to clean a rifle and install solar panels on the roof. But even
for them, life was stressful. Janelle’s sister Rhiannon was working as a
missionary in the Philippines, which was being invaded by Islamist
radicals from Indonesia. Neither telephones nor the internet worked
properly any more. How could Janelle find out whether her sister was
alive? And how would any of them survive in a world that was falling
apart?

At first I was afraid

Readers have always enjoyed scaring themselves with post-apocalyptic
yarns, from Mary Shelley’s “The Last Man” to Cormac McCarthy’s “The
Road”. What makes “Expatriates: a Novel of the Coming Global Collapse”
different is that its author is not just telling a story. James Wesley,
Rawles (he insists on the comma, for some reason) thinks modern society
really is likely to collapse. He wants readers to take his novels
seriously, and to be prepared.
No one knows how many survivalists (also known as “preppers”) there
are in America. Mr Rawles claims that his “SurvivalBlog”, which offers
practical tips for remaining alive after The End Of The World As We Know
It (TEOTWAWKI) has 320,000 readers a week. The American Preppers
Network, an umbrella group for those who see storm clouds everywhere,
claims 52,000 members; it is anyone’s guess what fraction of the total
that represents. The movement is decentralised and full of people who
value their privacy. “You don’t want to be known as the guy who has 3-4
years’ supply of food in the basement. Because one day you could see it
confiscated by the government or stolen by neighbours like hungry
locusts,” says Mr Rawles. “In the event of a disaster, I don’t want to
wake up and see my yard full of teepees and yurts.”
If your neighbour is a prepper, therefore, you may not know it. Yet
the stereotypical image of a survivalist as a loner in combat fatigues
who hunkers down in a remote bunker is plainly inaccurate. Some do
indeed live in rural cabins, but most have jobs, which means many live
in cities or suburbs. Survivalists—a group that is at once
characteristically American yet marginal and unloved—are much more
diverse than you might imagine.

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I was petrified

Jason Charles, an affable African-American fireman in New York, leads
a group of avid preppers who meet at weekends to practise survival
skills and debate impending threats: as well as being more varied,
survivalists are much more sociable than they are thought to be. Mr
Charles started reading SurvivalBlog several years ago and quickly
realised that “these guys don’t live in New York.” For example, Mr
Rawles has a ranch; Mr Charles lives in a flat in Harlem. That rules out
self-sufficiency: where would he plant corn or raise pigs?
A few weeks before the first Ebola victim in America died, Mr Charles
and two dozen others met in a room above a church to discuss how to
prepare for an epidemic. Mr Charles has done his homework: he talks of
different strains of Ebola, of transmission modes and fatality rates. He
takes it for granted that no one in the room trusts the media or the
government to be of much help. He warns people to prepare for the worst.
If Ebola hits New York, “at some point you’re going to want to bug in
[ie, take refuge in your apartment] or bug out [ie, flee].” Practically
everyone in the audience has ideas and questions. If millions of New
Yorkers are dying of Ebola and you need to escape from the city, don’t
go to Harriman State Park. “Every hiker and their mother will be there.”
Better to have a bug-out truck packed, fuelled and ready, so you can
drive to a pre-prepared refuge in the countryside.
If you have nowhere to go, you should stay at home. And if so, you’ll
need food, water, duct tape, garbage bags and sand (for using as a
makeshift toilet). Have a blackout at night, so you don’t give your
position away to prowling looters. Get plenty of entertainment—“I
guarantee you’ll be bored out of your mind,” says Mr Charles. If a
friend comes round, put him in your quarantine room. (Don’t seal if off
completely or he’ll find it hard to breathe.)
Gruesome practicalities are confronted frankly. If you need to
dispose of a corpse, for example, put plastic sheeting on the bed, wrap
the body up, seal it with duct tape, and, if you have nowhere to bury
it, leave it on the kerb with the deceased’s name and date of birth
written on the bag. (Not his social-security number; that would allow
someone to steal the dead man’s identity.)
Mr Charles’s group talks a lot about equipment. Should you buy a
solar panel that straps to your back so you can charge your phone as you
flee the city? Or a “waterbob”: a plastic bag that sits in your bath
and can store 100 gallons of water? Should the group club together to
buy gas masks more cheaply?

But I grew strong

Preppers love this sort of debate. Mr Rawles’s blog carries endless
discussions of the merits of different ham radios or types of body
armour, and the best way to build a safe room or smoke a fish over an
open fire. It runs ads from GunMagWarehouse.com (“the largest selection
of in-stock magazines anywhere”) and from SafeCastle.com (“Get ready
seriously with a steel-plate Safecastle shelter”). His novels carry
nearly as much advice as his instruction manuals, and similar
disclaimers, such as: “some of the devices …described in this novel are
possibly illegal in some jurisdictions.”
Many American cities have strict gun-control laws, which is
frustrating. And urban preppers face other difficulties. “You have to
adapt,” says Mr Charles. In the corners and cupboards of his apartment
he has stacked tins of beans and sausages, bags of sugar, rice and ramen
noodles and a variety of useful equipment. He has a tank of drinking
water in the corridor, a first-aid kit, a portable stove and a crossbow
he has not yet got round to assembling. He has more food in a storage
unit nearby, and an inflatable raft in case he needs to escape across
the river when the bridges are blocked or burning. His “bug-out bag” is
always ready.
Mr Charles has written a short fold-out guide of his own: “Emergency
Bag Essentials: Everything You Need to Bug Out”. His publishers had one
complaint—the bag was too heavy. Mr Charles does not think it was, but
this is perhaps because he is, even by the standards of iron-pumping
firemen, enormous. Your correspondent tried to help him move a rucksack
to his car. It felt like there was a piano inside. It turned out to be
full of wet sandbags, which Mr Charles likes to carry up and down
stairs.
Survivalism has a long history in America. The early settlers were
survivalists, though they did not use the term. They built their own
houses, grew their own food and filled their stores with whatever
supplies they could, knowing that failure to do so might be fatal. The
pioneers who trekked out West in the 19th century expected to meet
hardship and danger. Those who went well armed and well prepared were
more likely to survive.
Survivalists today draw inspiration from the pioneers. They look at
modern civilisation, in all its opulence, and see a house of cards. Many
have a puritan streak: letting other people grow your food and chop
down trees for you is somehow unmanly. Ours is “a pampered, prissified
society that doesn’t know how to revert to third-world living
standards,” laments Mr Rawles.
There is a religious tinge to prepping, too. Americans are more
religious than people in other rich countries. Roughly four in ten
expect Jesus to return by 2050, and although the Book of Revelation is
hardly crystal clear about the details, many think the Second Coming
will be preceded by a “Great Tribulation” involving earthquakes, floods,
famine, the rise of the Antichrist and the death of most of humanity.
Tim LaHaye’s “Left Behind” series of novels about the “End Times” has
sold 65m copies. Preachers at the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka,
Kansas, argue that Barack Obama is the Antichrist, implying that the end
is very nigh indeed.
If civilisation collapses, Mr Rawles will be ready. He lives at an
undisclosed location somewhere in the “American Redoubt”—a name he
coined for an area that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and parts of
neighbouring Oregon and Washington state. He argues that this temperate,
sparsely populated region will be the safest refuge when order breaks
down. He divides his time between preparing for the apocalypse and
advising others on how to do the same. Besides his fiction and his
blogging, he writes instruction manuals (such as “How to Survive The End
Of The World As We Know It”) and offers one-to-one consulting. For
security reasons Mr Rawles refuses to be interviewed face to face, but
he is friendly and articulate on the telephone.

And I learned how to get along

The reasons survivalists give for thinking civilisation might be
about to end have changed over time. Mr Rawles remembers nearly all of
them. He grew up in California in the 1960s. His father worked at what
is now the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a nuclear-research
facility. He mixed with the children of nuclear bomb-makers. His
neighbours were acutely aware of the threat of nuclear war; many built
fallout shelters. “I suppose it was inevitable that I would start to
think [about] preparedness,” muses Mr Rawles. As a teenager, he packed
himself a “bug-out bag”. “I thought I would disappear into the woods
with a backpack and a pistol,” he says. “That’s not realistic, but at
least I had a plan.”
As an adult Mr Rawles joined the Army Reserve, where he worked as an
intelligence officer during the cold war. As he sifted information, he
reached some alarming conclusions. Poor societies are fragile, but if
the electricity fails, they carry on much as before, he observed. Rich
societies, by contrast, are unprepared to function without grid power.
“If the power went out for a week, people would be at each other’s
throats,” he predicts. Without electricity homesin the north would turn into freezers; those in the south would turn into “sweaty saunas”.
America has grown too dependent not only on technology but also on
long, complex supply chains, many of which stretch “beyond our own
borders”, Mr Rawles notes darkly. To keep inventories low and cut costs,
companies have come to rely on “just-in-time” delivery. If a disaster
were to disrupt all this, people could quickly find themselves without
diabetes drugs, oxygen for respirators and spare parts for more or less
everything.
So how might TEOTWAWKI come about? The biggest threat, says Mr
Rawles, is a huge solar flare. The last big one, in 1859, known as the
“Carrington Event”, disabled telegraph lines. A similar disaster today
would “fry the circuitry” of electronic devices and take out the power
grid “from end to end”. It would take years to reactivate. Perhaps 60%
of the American population could die, predicts Mr Rawles. And that is
only one terrifying possibility. The others listed in “How to Survive The End Of The World As We Know It”
include: hyperinflationary depression, deflationary depression,
biological terrorism, nuclear war, an oil embargo, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions and an asteroid strike.
Even this list is not exhaustive. Survivalists often listen to the
news and extrapolate. When the shooting of a black teenager in Ferguson,
Missouri, sparked riots this year, many decided to buy another gun, in
case the lawlessness spread. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans
and looters ran wild for a couple of days in 2005, many concluded that
Western civilisation was a veneer that might suddenly give way to chaos.

Did you think I’d lay down and die?

Many survivalists are conservatives, but some are
environmentalists, convinced the planet can only take so much abuse
before it becomes uninhabitable

Survivalists vary politically—just as they are dispersed
geographically—and their views colour their apocalyptic imaginings. Many
are conservatives, worried about crime, terrorism and hyperinflation
and sure that the state cannot be relied upon to protect ordinary
citizens. But a fair number are environmentalists, convinced that the
planet can only take so much abuse before it becomes uninhabitable. The
movement is broad enough to encompass anyone who suspects that disaster
is looming, for any reason. It used to be mostly “Bible-believing
Christian conservatives”, says Mr Rawles, “But now we have a lot of
alfalfa-munching Birkenstock-wearing leftists.” He adds: “The more the
better.”
What really differentiates survivalists from each other is not why
they prepare, but how thoroughly. Urbanites who fill a cupboard with
military rations are at one end of the spectrum. Mr Rawles is at the
other. He thought hard about where to build his retreat. He found
somewhere isolated, with a good supply of fresh water and in a state
with permissive gun laws. It is 25 minutes to the nearest small town,
and two hours to the nearest place with good shopping. He is surrounded
by forest: “You can saddle up a horse, ride for miles and see no one.”
He raises livestock, including Tibetan yaks. His children are
home-schooled. He has solar panels for when the power fails, and three
years’ supply of food in his stores. The average American family has
only three days’ worth, he says, barely masking his scorn. He is also
well armed.
When civilisation collapses, he predicts, the world will go back to
barter. Buy silver, he advises; gold is too valuable for small
transactions. And buy lots of different kinds of ammunition to barter
with, because the guy you want to buy petrol or poultry from may not use
the same calibre of gun as you do.
One of the most common problems that preppers face is “resistance in
their own family”, says Mr Rawles. Many “have a spouse who is dubious,
or at best puts up with preparedness as a hobby”. On this, he and Mr
Charles in New York concur. When he first starting prepping, Mr Charles
blew a load of money on long-lasting ready meals “and got yelled at” by
his wife. If the balloon goes up, however, she and the children would
bug out with him. So would the dog, which would carry its food and
collapsible bowl in its own strap-on doggy-bug-out-bag.

Oh no, not I

Some Americans find survivalists sinister. After Adam Lanza shot 26
people in a school in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, the media made much
of the fact that his mother was a gun-stockpiling prepper. Yet there is
no evidence that preppers in general are more dangerous than their
compatriots. On the contrary, when natural disasters strike, it is
useful to have neighbours who know how to stormproof a house and have
bandages to spare. Tom Martin of the American Preppers Network, a
trucker who delivered aid to victims of Hurricane Ike in Texas, was
amazed to see people who were not poor lining up for bottled water. “Why
weren’t they prepared? Don’t they realise there are 30 gallons in their
hot water tank?”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency urges everyone to have a disaster-preparedness kit containing
enough food, water and other supplies to last 72 hours. This is
sensible advice, and preppers have a point when they mock those who
ignore it.
However, stockpiling several years of supplies is expensive, and to
avoid wasting it you will have to eat a lot of tinned ravioli. Time
spent building a looter-proof bunker or learning how to grind your own
flour is time not spent reading Shakespeare or playing tennis. If you
enjoy grinding flour more than playing tennis, fine. If practising
survival skills in the woods thrills you, go ahead. But if not, you
might weigh the opportunity costs of prepping against the likelihood of apocalypse.
An asteroid could of course strike the Earth and kill everyone. And a
terrorist might let off a dirty bomb in a big city. But the idea that
modern society is just one shock away from collapse seems far-fetched.
The financial crash of 2008 was catastrophic, but it led neither to
starvation nor bloodshed. Ebola has ravaged parts of west Africa, but
rich countries seem quite capable of containing it. Even a tsunami
followed by a nuclear meltdown in Japan, awful though it was, did not
cause the global economy to buckle.
Civilisation is robust because it depends first and foremost on what
is in people’s heads. That is why Japan and Germany were able to rebuild
so quickly after the second world war, even though their cities had
been reduced to ashes. It is why New York recovered swiftly after the
attacks of September 11th 2001. It is why New Orleans today is perfectly
safe (and rather wonderful) to visit.
Still, if the optimists (such as your correspondent) are wrong, the
preppers will have the last laugh. But “laugh” is perhaps not the right
word. “In a post-collapse society,” says Mr Rawles, “I won’t know what’s
going on beyond my own line of sight on my ranch.” The fear,
uncertainty and doubt will be overwhelming.
SOURCE : economist.com

17 Natural Antibiotics Our Grandparents Used Instead Of Pills

For hundreds of years, maybe even longer, our grannies and grandfathers
relied on simple household items to heal. For that purpose, they picked
different natural antibiotics, which they mostly found in home, gardens
or meadows and woods nearby.

Much of this came out of necessity. Rather than using an
antibacterial facial scrub, our Nanas massaged honey deep into their
pores. By using proven old home remedies, we can treat and cure various
health problems and do a lot for our health avoiding unpleasant
medications side effects, too.
Some of these remedies even date back thousands of years, as far back
as the tribes of Central and South America. Now, perhaps with the
advent of slow-living, these products are slipping back into style. Many
appreciate the remedies for their simplicity, price, or their
low-impact on the earth. Rather than spend $8 on sea salt spray, you can
simple mix some salt with water and spritz it into your hair. You save
money as well as a package.
In honor of our ancestors, we’ve gathered some of our favorite
time-honored traditions. These timeless products have earned a permanent
place in our pantries.Garlic
Raw garlic when crushed or chewed contains a compound called allicin – which has similar properties to penicillin.
This superfood member of the onion family is antibiotic,
anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-parasitic, anti-fungal, and
antioxidant (mopping up free radicals that have been proven to cause
cancer).
For more than seven millennia, it has been used internally and externally to treat mild illness to serious diseases.
Everything from inflammation to colds to serious infections is
minimized and/or obliterated with the addition of garlic and for those
who don’t enjoy the taste, there are supplements as well. Check into
“aged” garlic supplements for the best results.
Garlic is not only potent, it contains a host of vitamins, nutrients,
and minerals that are beneficial to total body wellness. Not to mention
the cost is pennies in comparison to doctor visits and prescriptions!
Unlike chemical antibiotics that kill millions of friendly bacteria
your body needs, its only goal is bacteria and microorganisms. Garlic
also encourages and increases the level of healthy bacteria. It is a
powerful antifungal agent and destroys any antigen, pathogen, and
harmful disease-causing microorganisms.

Garlic packs a punch with phytochemicals and healing sulfur
components. These sulfur compounds even chelate toxic heavy metals (like
lead & cadmium), binding with them for excretion out of the body.

It has antibacterial, anti-fungal, and even antiviral qualities.

It promotes the growth of healthy intestinal microflora by acting as a prebiotic (food for probiotics).

Honey
Herbalists consider honey as one of the best natural antibiotics. It
also contains antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic
properties. A 2014 study presented at a meeting of the American Chemical
Society found that honey has the ability to fight infection on multiple
levels, making it more difficult for bacteria to develop resistance to
it.
Ancient Romans used honey on the battlefield to treat wounds and prevent infection.
Civilizations all over the world continue to consider honey one of
the best natural antibiotics, antimicrobials, anti-inflammatories, and
antiseptics known to man after thousands of years.
Its unique combination of hydrogen peroxide, acidity, osmotic effect,
high sugar concentration and polyphenols help kill bacterial cells. To
get the antibiotic benefit of honey, always use raw, organic honey.Olive leaf extract
This substance has been used for a number of centuries to battle
bacterial infections and is now currently being used as well to fight
MRSA infections in some European hospitals. It provides immune system
support while fighting antibiotic-resistant infections. Olive leaf
extract also has anti-inflammatory properties. Additionally, it exhibits
free-radical scavenging abilities.

You can make olive leaf extract for external use at home. Put a
handful of finely chopped fresh olive leaves into a glass jar with a
lid. Pour vodka over the leaves until they are completely covered. Close
the lid and keep the jar in a dark place for 4 to 5 weeks. Using a
cheesecloth, strain the liquid into another glass jar and your homemade
olive leaf extract is ready to use.

Another option is to take olive leaf extract in supplement form. 250
to 500 mg capsules twice daily is the standard dosage. However, consult
a doctor before taking the supplement.

Turmeric
This herb has been used in Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for many
thousands of years to treat a wide range of infections. The
antibacterial and anti-inflammatory qualities have been known to be
highly effective in the treatment of bacterial infections. The
antimicrobial activity of curcumin against helicobacter pylori showed
positive results. Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric.

Mix 1 tablespoon of turmeric powder and 5 to 6 tablespoons of honey.
Store it in an airtight jar. Have ½ teaspoon of this mixture twice
daily.

You can also take turmeric supplements of 400 to 600 mg, twice daily. However, consult your doctor first.

Echinacea
With similar effects to garlic, it was traditionally used to treat
open wounds, as well as blood poisoning, diphtheria and other
bacteria-related illnesses. Echinacea is well tolerated and able to
stimulate the immune system by naturally boosting infection fighters in
your blood stream. Native to North America, Echinacea has been used for
centuries in tribal medicine to treat pain and sickness.
Unlike garlic, this antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral solution
is generally used at the first signs of illness and should not be taken
for more than ten days. It is available in liquid and capsule form.
Echinacea is also used against many other infections including the
urinary tract infections, vaginal yeast infections, genital herpes,
bloodstream infections (septicemia), gum disease, tonsillitis,
streptococcus infections, syphilis, typhoid, malaria, and diphtheria.Cayenne peppers
Cayenne peppers are the most powerful circulation stimulators. They just send their antibiotic properties to fight the disease where it is mostly needed.Onion
Onion is garlic’s closest relative and it has a similar but milder action. Together they create a strong fighting duo.Raw apple cider vinegar
The far-reaching benefits of daily doses of apple cider vinegar (ACV)
include antibiotic and antiseptic properties, naturally alkalizing your
system, and can aid you in everything from managing your weight to
lowering cholesterol and your risk of cancer.
A chemical-free astringent, ACV can be used topically to disinfect and sterilize.Oregano oil
Oil of oregano is considered anti-microbial, antibacterial, anti-parasitic, anti-viral, and anti-fungal.
It can be used internally and externally in the treatment of wounds,
respiratory problems, digestive upset, and even the common cold.

For treating foot or nail infections, add a few teaspoons of oregano
oil to a tub filled with warm water. Soak your feet in it for a few
minutes daily for a week.

For sinus and other upper respiratory infections, put a few drops of
the oil of oregano in a pot of boiling water and inhale the steam. Do
this once daily until you get rid of the infection.

Ginger tea is a great preventive measure against bacterial
infections. To make the tea, grate 1 inch of fresh ginger and boil it in
about 1½ cups of water for 10 minutes. Strain, add honey and lemon
juice for taste and drink it.

Also, include dry or fresh ginger in your cooking. You can also take ginger capsules, after consulting your doctor.

Manuca Honey
What would this list of natural antibiotics be without raw honey
which has been used as an infection fighter since ancient times? Of all
the raw honey on the planet, Manuka honey from New Zealand is the best
when it comes to resolving infections. An enzyme found in honey releases
hydrogen peroxide. This process helps your body fight infection and
prevents the growth of bacteria. Soothing to the digestive system, honey
removes toxins from the blood and helps your liver operate more
efficiently.

A great boost to the immune system, consider combining honey with
cinnamon to strengthen your white blood cells! Raw, organic honey is the
best option since most pasteurization methods kills the antioxidant
effects.Cabbage
What many people don’t realize is how much vitamin C is found in cabbage. One cup provides 75% of what you need every day.
Naturally antibacterial, eating shredded raw cabbage in your salad,
as a side dish in the form of slaw, or drinking fresh cabbage juice
(with honey added to sweeten) is an excellent way to improve digestion,
prevent disease, and even manage your weight!Extra virgin coconut oil
There is not enough that can be said for the benefits of coconut oil.
It has naturally occurring anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties
and is packed with antioxidants you can’t find anywhere else in nature.
Use it to boost your immune system, balance thyroid, cholesterol, and
blood sugar levels, and even improve brain function. Safe to use
internally and externally, coconut oil is one of the most versatile and
unique gifts from Mother Nature.Goldenseal
Goldenseal’s natural antibiotic property works well for both topical
and internal bacterial infections. Goldenseal contains a compound called
berberine that helps kill many types of bacteria that cause many health
problems.
Berberine also activates white blood cells, making them better at fighting infection and strengthening the immune system.

For internal use, prepare a cup of herbal tea by steeping 1 teaspoon
of goldenseal powder in 1 cup of hot water. Strain and drink it while
it is still warm. Drink this tea once daily.

For external use, prepare a mixture with 1 teaspoon of goldenseal
powder and the oil of a few vitamin E capsules. Apply it to the affected
area 3 times a day.

Note: Do not take this herb internally for more than a few weeks at a time.Indian lilac or neem
Neem, also known as Indian lilac, is another natural antibiotic. In
addition, due to its antibacterial nature, neem keeps different types of
oral problems like cavities, plaque, gingivitis and other gum diseases
at bay.

To prevent skin infections, use cosmetics and skin care products that have neem as one of the main ingredients.

Take neem tablets to help remove accumulated toxins in the body and
any parasitic organisms. Consult your doctor for the correct dosage.

History has shown us many times that it can all fly away in a split
of a second. The biggest misstep that you can take now is to think that
this can never happen in America or to you! Call me old fashioned; I
don’t care…but I completely believe in America and what our ancestors
stood for. They all had a part in turning this land into one of the most
powerful countries in the world. Believe it or not, our ancestors
skills are all covered in American blood. Saving our forefathers ways
starts with people like you and me actually relearning these old skills
and putting them to use to live better lives through good times and bad.
Our answers on these lost skills comes straight from the source, from
old forgotten classic books written by past generations, and from first
hand witness accounts from the past few hundred years. Aside from a
precious few who have gone out of their way to learn basic survival
skills, most of us today would be utterly hopeless if we were plopped in
the middle of a forest or jungle and suddenly forced to fend for
ourselves using only the resources around us. Our grandfathers lived
more simply than most people today are willing to live and that is why
they survived with no grocery store, no cars, no electricity, no running
water and no pharmacy. Just like our forefathers used to do, The Lost Ways Book
teaches you how you can survive in the worst-case scenario with the
minimum resources available. It comes as a step-by-step guide
accompanied by pictures and teaches you how to use basic knowledge to
stay alive even in the worse case scenarios.
Stay safe,
Jameshttp://www.bioprepper.com/2016/09/19/17-natural-antibiotics-grandparents-used-instead-pills/

If SHTF These 17 Items Will Be Worth Their Weight In Gold

Your list can be short and sweet at first, but once you really get
into things, you’ll see just how enormous a list of gear to stockpile
can really get. Every once in a while, it’s good to go back to the
basics: to make sure that out of all those things you’ve already
stockpiled, you’ve got enough of the stuff that you’ll really miss the
most. Here’s 16 items that instantly make the cut.

If SHTF These 17 Items Will Be Worth Their Weight In Gold

Baking Soda
I think the best barter item and SHTF item is Baking Soda. Period.
From cooking, cleaning, hygiene and everything in between (damn
heartburn). I dare anyone to think of a better item to have for the
price to stock per pound and the varieties of uses, over 100. If baking
soda is kept well sealed in an air- and moisture-proof container, its
storage life is indefinite. If kept in the cardboard box it usually
comes in, it will keep for about eighteen months. What else for the
price is just as good?

Bleach

Need a quick way to disinfect water so you can safely drink?What
happens if your septic tank overflows and you’re left with contaminated
waste everywhere? One simple and effective way to fix both these problems
is by using bleach. It’s as cheap and easy as a cleaning agent gets.
Once you’re out of bleach, you’ll definitely notice. Get your hands on
as much as possible while you still can. One caveat to the Bleach: store
bought liquid bleach (Clorox or Purex) begins to degrade the moment it
is manufactured. I’ve seen lots of different expiration dates, but they
all run from 6 months to 2 years. I have stocked up on Calcium
Hypochlorite. You can either find it on the net or buy CH at the pool
store. Just make sure it does not have algaecides or clarifiers in it
which are said to make you sick. It comes in a powdered form which you
mix as needed (1 tsp to 2 gallons of water to make the solution). This
solution will then degrade just like bleach, but if you have the powder,
you can keep making it for years. There is a learning curve, so do your
research on the net first. The ratio is 1:100 (such as 16 oz of
solution to 12.5 gallons of water to be disinfected) which is slightly
different than the household bleach numbers. One bag will purify 10,000
gallons so the directions are important –a little goes a long way. Keep
the bag cool and dry and it has a forever shelf life, not like
commercial bleach.Lighters and Matches
Really and truly, you cannot have enough of these lying around. Sure you can make fire without them, but
it’s hard: really hard. Unless you have apt practice in the fire-making
field, stock up on these as much as possible. They’re so inexpensive
you might as well. Spare wicks and flints for your gas-fueled lighters
wouldn’t be a bad idea either.

Painkillers

Now, I know what you’re thinking. A bit of pain here and there is the
last thing you’ll worry about when the SHTF. Maybe when it comes to a
little pain, yes, that’s true, but what happens when you get a cavity
and that tooth absolutely has to come out?
Get some reasonably strong over-the-counter pain meds, and make sure
you have enough to last you if the SHTF. Though painkillers have
expiration dates, they don’t really expire. They get weaker instead, so
don’t be afraid to stockpile pain meds just because of the expiration
date. Try to mix and match since many painkillers like Ibuprofen (Advil)
and Acetominophen (Tylenol) have different uses, and can even be take
simultaneously. Stronger pain killers like Codeine will become useful
too, as medicine will run out pronto, and there’s no real SHTF
substitute for the strong painkillers without going for more risky
natural opiates. It’s also beneficial to keep quite a few of these in a
bug out bag if you happen to have one.

Alcohol

There are many reasons why alcohol is an excellent resource. The top
two are obvious: its physical impact on us when we consume it, and its
ability to disinfect wounds. Whether you’re personally into drinking
alcohol or not, you’re going to regret not having enough alcohol when
the SHTF. After all, think of all the people who would be willing to
trade almost anything for a bottle of their favorite whisky. Or you can
stockpile a simple still (or the components to assemble one), as this
will make your alcohol for drinking, cleaning, medical use, etc. (don’t
forget to learn how to make the corn mash itself, or to have extra parts
put back)How to Make Alcohol at Home

Screws, Nails and Building Materials

You’re definitely not going to regret having stocked up on hardware materials post-collapse. In fact, you’ll probably
wish you’d stocked up on more. Nails and screws are essential hardware
materials. They go fast and are a giant pain to make from scratch. Make
sure you have enough lying around while you still can.I am going to go
the other way; bolts, washers, brads, oil, grease and here’s an
interesting one, an assortment of springs. Do you have any idea how
difficult making a simple coil spring is? Fabricating metal, steel
aluminum, corrugated tin, sheet steel, channel, square/round tubing,
angle, flat, mig welding wire, rod. Retain “any” usable metal remnants,
all of them no matter how small. You can always get rid of them later,
just imagine when you need one and there is no place to get one, now!
You will make due if there is no other alternative, just have a place to
start and have something to start with other than a want and an idea.
For the more advanced, get a vertical mill (glorified drill press) and
the tools that goes with it. I have a feeling in a post-apocalyptic
atmosphere, when you can’t buy a new one you will want to repair the old
one. If you have nothing else, a mill will always do. Tire repairing
materials, patches, plugs, valve stems. Tools to break down tires. Just a
bead breaker and a set of spoons. I didn’t say it would be easy but
it’s better than nothing. Another one, alternatives to power tools. Just
the simple drilling of a hole will be a task without that cordless
DeWalt. I can’t stress tools enough; they can make your tasks easier and
will in all likelihood make you a small living. Oils are another thing I
am big on. Machines don’t run well with no oil. “Any” oil will due. It
might not be the fancy multi-grade, high viscosity, wizbang stuff we are
use to but there again, it’s better than nothing. Try to make a can of
it!Tools
Saw blades, hatchets, axe heads, hammer heads, hand drills – many of
this tools being available from auctions, garage sales, etc. Without
tools you won’t be able to build or fix anything or you’ll have to
improvise. Having more than one of this tools will be a big advantage as
they make great barter items.Antibiotics
Antibiotics are hard to stock up on unless you have a very understanding doctor. Fortunately, there are sources for antibioticsyou can take advantage of now and stock up before the hospitals are overflowing with people.17 NATURAL ANTIBIOTICS OUR GRANDPARENTS USED INSTEAD OF PILLS20 LOST RECIPES FROM THE PIONEERS: WHAT THEY COOKED IN THEIR JOURNEY WESTWARDPOTTED MEAT: A LOST SKILL OF LONG TERM MEAT STORAGEOLD FASHIONED PRESERVING-GRANDPA’S RECIPE FOR CURED SMOKED HAMHOW TO MAKE GUNPOWDER THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

Blankets
Everyone needs a warm place to sleep. A good blanket is like a good
coat. We’ve all planned for clothes (I hope), but when’s the last time
you heard someone brag about having a couple of good wool blankets put
back? I’ve got two good wool blankets. I paid $40 each for them. Let the
power go out, in November, and you not have one. I don’t know how much
you’re willing to pay for them, but I know what you’re going to trade me
for them, if you don’t want to freeze at night. I won’t trade both at
all, but I’ll be looking for what would be several thousand dollars
worth of trade for the one I can ‘spare’.Water containers
Seems simple now, but if things go wrong, one of the hardest things
to usually find is a good canteen or water jug. Put enough back for
yourself, but put more back for trade. The harder to break, the better.
I’ve got a dozen military 1-qt canteens laying around here than there,
in a pinch, I have 2-3 I’ll use, but the rest can be had – for a price.How Long Can You Store Water In Plastic Containers?Survival informationSurvival information is
valuable, and in a time when it is desperately needed, being able to
have a few copies of condensed information on-hand and barter-ready will
be very valuable, indeed. Type up and print a dozen copies of general
information that others may not readily have. It may help you too. When
fear and panic takes over all the info you learned will vanish from your
head. Having the info printed will be helpful.

Ammo

This
one’s obvious. Even if you’ve got the guns to hunt or protect yourself
and your family with, you can’t without ammo. You’ll probably need more
than you expect, so really, you can never have too much ammunition. It
would be best to have the means to make your ammo so stockpiling on
everything you need to make ammo would be your best choice.
Along the same lines, it’s also beneficial to stockpile arrowheads
and bow strings. Just remember that in a SHTF situation, you probably
don’t want to advertise your position and the fact you have guns.How Much Ammo do I Need for SHTF?Candles
In the coming winter months, if you get hit by a major ice storm and
the light go out, candles will make the difference between having to
spend the night in the dark or not. Light gives us a comfort feeling. In
case you run out of candles here’s a great alternative. Boiling soup
bones to get the fat out of the marrow, then rendering it will make a
decent lamp fuel. Keep the wick trimmed low enough to keep it from
getting smoky. Make sure that, if the lamp spills, the spill is confined
and maintain the ability to smother the whole thing with something that
isn’t going to catch fire.5 Make-Shift Urban Survival Lights When the Electricity Goes DownBatteries
Even more useful than the candles are the flashlights. So, having a good stock of batteries will be of great help.
An excellent prep would be to have some extra rechargeable batteries
with a solar charger for when the light stay out for a long period of
time.How to Store Batteries for Emergency UseSoap
Along the lines of disinfecting, you’re going to really regret not
having enough soap post-crisis. Without basic sanitation, you’re going
to get sick fast, and ill is something you definitely don’t want to be
when medicine is in short supply and you need as much energy and
strength as you can possibly have. The best tip you could possibly have
in terms of soap shopping for post-crisis scenarios: try to stock up on
soap that’s anti-bacterial.Alternatives for soap
Again, you’ll be using that fat from the soup bones. Learn to do this
as a skill. Even if you don’t apply this for a number of years, you’ll
still know how to do it. The lye that is used in the process can be
obtained from ash or you can buy THAT by the pound at the hardware store
in the plumbing aisle.
Even if somebody doesn’t drink, they might want to be clean once in a
while. Make more soap than you’re ever going to need so you can trade
it. Even if some dude would trade his left hand for a bottle of his
favorite hooch, his wife would probably trade both of her husband’s
hands for him to take a bath once in a while.
Don’t get Crystal Drano. It contains other ingredients that are not
good in soap. You want 100% potassium hydroxide (otherwise known as
lye). There are many good how-to books on soap making and general
day-to-day life, but doing it all yourself. I like the one that was
written by Carla Emery (ISBN 0-912365-95-1). It primarily addresses
modern day homesteading, but what’s going to happen when the SHTF?
Modern day homesteading.Tampons & pads
They’re essential to a good survival pack, and not just for the
obvious reason! They indispensable for bandages, good for emergency
water filtering, and can be used as tinder to start a good fire. They’re
also better than a lot of other methods for stopping a nosebleed that
won’t quit.Multivitamins
One thing that stood out to me is multivitamins. Regardless of what
happens, you can’t always ensure you are getting what you need, and if
living off the land is your last recourse or you are surviving off
whatever you could salt or smoke in fall for winter you will run short
of your bodies need.Final word:
History has shown us many times that it can all fly away in a split
of a second. The biggest misstep that you can take now is to think that
this can never happen in America or to you! Call me old fashioned; I
don’t care…but I completely believe in America and what our ancestors
stood for. They all had a part in turning this land into one of the most
powerful countries in the world. Many died and suffered before a
creative mind found an ingenious solution to maybe a century old
problem. Believe it or not, our ancestors skills are all covered in
American blood. This is why these must be fought for, protected, and
handed on for them to do the same for our children and our children’s
children. Our ancestors laid the bricks and built the world’s strongest
foundation…that we are about to -irreversibly forget! I don’t want to
see our forefathers’ knowledge disappear into the darkness of time…and
if you care for your family…and what America stands for…then neither
should you!

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Go forth confidently then, you knights, and repel the foes of the cross of Christ with a stalwart heart. Know that neither death nor life can separate you from the love of God which is in Jesus Christ, and in every peril repeat, "Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's." What a glory to return in victory from such a battle! How blessed to die there as a martyr! Rejoice, brave athlete, if you live and conquer in the Lord; but glory and exult even more if you die and join your Lord. Life indeed is a fruitful thing and victory is glorious, but a holy death is more important than either. If they are blessed who die in the Lord, how much more are they who die for the Lord!

How secure, I say, is life when death is anticipated without fear; or rather when it is desired with feeling and embraced with reverence! How holy and secure this knighthood and how entirely free of the double risk run by those men who fight not for Christ! Whenever you go forth, O worldly warrior, you must fear lest the bodily death of your foe should mean your own spiritual death, or lest perhaps your body and soul together should be slain by him.

Indeed, danger or victory for a Christian depends on the dispositions of his heart and not on the fortunes of war. If he fights for a good reason, the issue of his fight can never be evil; and likewise the results can never be considered good if the reason were evil and the intentions perverse. If you happen to be killed while you are seeking only to kill another, you die a murderer. If you succeed, and by your will to overcome and to conquer you perchance kill a man, you live a murderer. Now it will not do to be a murderer, living or dead, victorious or vanquished. What an unhappy victory--to have conquered a man while yielding to vice, and to indulge in an empty glory at his fall when wrath and pride have gotten the better of you!

But what of those who kill neither in the heat of revenge nor in the swelling of pride, but simply in order to save themselves? Even this sort of victory I would not call good, since bodily death is really a lesser evil than spiritual death. The soul need not die when the body does. No, it is the soul which sins that shall die.

The knight of Christ, I say, may strike with confidence and die yet more confidently, for he serves Christ when he strikes, and serves himself when he falls. Neither does he bear the sword in vain, for he is God's minister, for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of the good. If he kills an evildoer, he is not a mankiller, but, if I may so put it, a killer of evil. He is evidently the avenger of Christ towards evildoers and he is rightly considered a defender of Christians. Should he be killed himself, we know that he has not perished, but has come safely into port.

Once he finds himself in the thick of battle, this knight sets aside his previous gentleness, as if to say, "Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord; am I not disgusted with your enemies?" These men at once fall violently upon the foe, regarding them as so many sheep. No matter how outnumbered they are, they never regard these as fierce barbarians or as awe-inspiring hordes. Nor do they presume on their own strength, but trust in the Lord of armies to grant them the victory.

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"May God console you! ... What saddens you ... is the fact that others have occupied the churches by violence, while during this time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have the premises – but you have the Apostolic Faith. They can occupy our churches, but they are outside the true Faith. You remain outside the places of worship, but the Faith dwells within you. Let us consider: what is more important, the place or the Faith?The true Faith, obviously. Who has lost and who has won in the struggle – the one who keeps the premises or the one who keeps the Faith? True, the premises are good when the Apostolic Faith is preached there; they are holy if everything takes place there in a holy way ..."You are the ones who are happy; you who remain within the Church by your Faith, who hold firmly to the foundations of the Faith which has come down to you from Apostolic Tradition. And if an execrable jealousy has tried to shake it on a number of occasions, it has not succeeded. They are the ones who have broken away from it in the present crisis. No one, ever, will prevail against your Faith, beloved Brothers. And we believe that God will give us our churches back some day. "Thus, the more violently they try to occupy the places of worship, the more they separate themselves from the Church. They claim that they represent the Church; but in reality, they are the ones who are expelling themselves from it and going astray. Even if Catholics faithful to Tradition are reduced to a handful, they are the ones who are the true Church of Jesus Christ."